A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENA young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.
LEONARD COHENDear Hitler Take away the torches I’m not guilty I had to have this.
LEONARD COHENI’m afraid to live any place but in expectation. I’m no life-risk.
LEONARD COHENAh, grief makes us precise!
LEONARD COHENTo kiss her there was to intrude into something private and skeletal, like a turtle’s shoulder.
LEONARD COHENEven damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
LEONARD COHENYou go your way I’ll go your way too.
LEONARD COHENFirst of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
LEONARD COHENI will never find the faces for all the goodbyes I’ve made.
LEONARD COHENYour body will never be familiar.
LEONARD COHENAs our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
LEONARD COHENGoing nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
LEONARD COHENAvoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.
LEONARD COHENI will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts.
LEONARD COHENReality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore.
LEONARD COHENChildren show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
LEONARD COHEN